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In reply to the discussion: Syria's rebels are not an al-Qaeda army [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)9. Sympathize all you want, but don't use my tax money while you deny health care
to tens of millions of US citizens and imprison tens of millions more for petty drug offenses.
Besides, bombing the shit out of people doesn't TEND to help situations.
Especially when you don't REALLY know what the fuck you're messing with wrt tribal resentments, etc.
This is not a comic book with a bad guy vs. a good guy and we are not the Lone Fucking Ranger.
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Sympathizing with a peoples' desire for self-determination is not "selling war."
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#4
So, the ratio to Syrians killed and Americans without healthcare is not yet sufficient...
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#11
You make it sound like I care about the west, I don't. I just care about those being persecuted.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#20
You said "guns are being collected and violence is over except for the next few weeks"
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#23
Says one of the #1 cheerleaders of NATO and US intervention in Libya on DU, evah?
riderinthestorm
Feb 2012
#10
That is a blatant falsehood. I supported Libyan self-determination and got lied about for months.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#12
Please point to me where the OP mentions American military invasion in Syria
ButterflyBlood
Feb 2012
#37
OP IS WRONG........Washington Post : Al-Qaeda infiltrating Syrian opposition, U.S. officials say
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#7
number one, if YOU BOTHERED TO READ MY POST, you would see that I call out A-Q for what it is-
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#29
Your post makes al-Qaeda out to be a real entity worth worrying about. 46 mentions.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#33
a diffuse form of al-Qaeda scare mongering is exacting what you do, you try to bully people
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#39
The Bush admin would be even PROUDER of your efforts to start more wars in the ME. nt
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#46
Your premise might make sense if it weren't for the fact that all revolution ends this way.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#56
Ireland managed to wrest it's freedom, without post-revolutionary violence
riderinthestorm
Feb 2012
#80
oki, I will take you at face value on the 'A-Q as invention of the West' meme, we agree on this, but
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#71
WTF? Can one distort reality more than that? That's the "veto countries" who put a stop to
Fool Count
Feb 2012
#79
yep, pretty darn orwellian, but the answer to your question in the subject line is
inna
Feb 2012
#83
Anyone who supports military intervention in Syria should sign up and put some skin in the game.
Zalatix
Feb 2012
#42
Who said anything about aiding them? All the OP did was show that al-Qeada was a false claim.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#45
primarily a mercenary force operating at the behest of the wahhabi dictators in Saudi Arabia & Qatar
Alamuti Lotus
Feb 2012
#77